Monument mold



Aug 9, 1932- Rl R, Imca-nA "'lpdlf MONUMENT MOLD Filed June 17. 1931 l I|g,

BY 1115 ATTORNEYS v10 .10 4 my/ Il llliiilll INVENTOR :Umm

- ROBERT n. Koen, or RAMSEYQNEW `ann-snr; AssrGnon ro EvnnLAsTiivsiam/Ionian :g

e mold .taken on line 3*3 of Figure 2, and- Patented Aug. 9, 1932 @areASSOCIATION or nrnentvoon, nnwamasnY, A oonronlafrron or NEW' amasar f1Menuiaun'i. MOLD,

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able of vproducing monuments in asubstan' tially finished condition inthe .mold and which monuments Will not require subsequent labor'for thepurpose -ofcuring surface defects.A Y 2 A 4Other objects. and`advantages .of'my device will lappear from the vmore detaileddescription and the drawing in Which like reference characters Vdenotelike-parts;

Figure -1 is a perspective vieriV of the as-V sembled mold g Y i YFigurel2 is a 4horizontal cross-sectional view of themold taken'online2-2 of Figure3', Y m i Figure Sis a verticalsectional vievvvoftheshovving'tlie headervmembe'rin one of its various positions; and i fFigure 4 is a perspective view of the head# ermember removedvfrom themold.k Y'

My mold comprises two' sidewalls-10 and tvvo end'yvalls. 12 ofsubstantial Width, positionedbetween the endsof theV side Walls. To theouter surfaces vof these side Vand end walls are securely attachedelongated mem- Y bers 14, the ends of `which lextend* beyond the edgesofthe side; and end Walls`,and having slots 16 formedy thereinextending?, inf Wardly from the outer ends thereof. vThese members 10,12 andl14 may be of any desired material having the requiredstrengthrand rigidity tok carry the Weight of the molded material andadded j pressure ofl packing'. They .are preferably made of Wood becauseof its strength and cheapness, but other ma- "terials maybe substituted.Long boltslS are adapted to be placed within the slots 16 for holding"the two "end members and the tWo side membersv together. Each ofi thesebolts is provided` with a nut 20 on'one end andV a Wing nut 22 threadedon the!I other end.

'5o Washers maybe placed inwardly of the nuts yerted'by the bolts. oversubstantially the en-.

and preferablyblocks, such as 24, are placed l inwardly of thel Washers..These blocksengage the outer surfaces of the "elongated members 14,todistribute `the pressures eX-VY tire Width of the members 14 and toprevent vvearthereof by the nuts andvvashers.A

Y' Thevside andv end Walls lO and 12.are.cov-

ered on their. inner surfaces 'by' linings 126 f Which extend forthefullheight of these Walls, and.v for substantially r ther-full widththereof. These linings 26 ymay be ,madeof metal, such as Zinc o r anyother vsuitable maf terial having ahard smooth surface@ ItiWill l benoted that the vupper-and-lovver'end's of these liningsarebentfover theupper and Y,

lower edges of the YWalls 10and 12v and may be secured thereto in l anydesired manner. Itis apparent that the Walls maybe givenra hard smooth,Water-repellant surface by. other means than Vby the, provisionfofmetallic linings. Also attaehedto theinner surfaces ofend Walls 12 andextendingalong the [vertical edges Vthereof forsubstantially the sentireheight, are triangularlyy shaped corner meme bers or fillets 28. rlhesecornermembers eX-v tendV slightly beyondthe vertical. side edges of theend Walls and are preferably made of veryv 'ne grained Wood or similarmaterial, Which is somewhaticompressible andzresilient but has sucientbody thereto to enable them to maintain their general forniwith'outsubstantial distortion. u While thesey ,corner pieces ,28 'are shown asbeing of substantially triangular form inicrossseotion, itfvvillbeVapparent that this form maybevaried so as to give the cornersofsiredshape or form'.` I 'A header niemberSO i'sprov'ide'di-Which isadapted to be placedzbetvveen the sides land ends .of` `the mold forigiving-the top "of the asV thevr monument any de-VV i monument anydesired` form.'vr This header e memberv comprises arsubstantially .flatpiece of Wood .or similar material 32,' on at least one face of whichissecured a 1netallinin"g"34,

to vvhichdmay befsecured four substantially `vvedg'e-shapedlpieces 36,of Woodor similar somewhat resilient andcompressible material Y having asmooth surfaee.' 'The l1n1ng`34-is made of lesser areathan/thesurfacefofthe.

. faces of the members 36v constitute prolongations of the outersurfaces ofthe member`3`2 throughout the entire' periphery thereof.VThese members 26 taper inwardly and down.

wardly but do not cover the entire' surface of the lining 3st,leavingasubstantially 'reef vtangular portion in the center thereof eX-posed'rto form. a smoother surface. on. the topA of the monument. .Themembers 36closely abut each other at thel corners', andfurthermore, arecutaway at the upper corners .where they meet to enable them to lit moreclosely against the corner pieces 28;- This header member 30 is made'of.such dimensions that' it -is-slightly wider than the end walls12 andalso .slightlyl longer than the difference be'-` tween the length of theside walls l0 `and the thicknesses ofthe end walls'12. Y

mold as above describedis preferably assembled inthe following manner z..The side and end'wallsarepositioned rela.- tveto each other and looselysecuredfin position by the bolts 18. Y' The header member 30 is thenplaced betweenthe wt'illstof'V the mold. The end walls 12 aredrawntoward eachother bythe bolts 18v until kthey J lightly contact with the`ends of the header member sufficientlyY vto set up a. frictional force`betweenfthe surfaces of thejwalls 'and the ends ofl the headervmemberjust suliicient to support the header member in position againsttheaction of gravity.r The header member is then moved and adjusted to itsdesired position interme# diate the height of the mold.f" The end wallsare. then forced tightly againstk the kends of the header memberbytightening the'bolts 18 to .clamp the header member-infits adjusted`position. yThe boltsA 18 securing the side wallsto each otherare thentightened to forcefthe sides againstthecorner members '28andthe,headermember 30V toisli'ghtly com-y press --the Y corner membersand the: header member. V.Thusa'tightjoint is formed at the cornersandjconcrete prevented from flowing between the surfaces of the sidewalls and the cornermembers. This tightening of the bolts securing theside wallstogether causes said walls to form a tightrjoint withthe-header member to prevent -concrete from" flowing 'between thesurfaces of the sidewalls and theheader member, and also to more secure-Y ly clamp the headermember. in itsdesired adjusted position. Theclamping oftheheader member'` between the end walls before bringing theside walls into Contact with the.V

header member, prevents friction between the sides'of-theendwalls andthe 'corner pieces and the surfaces of the side walls, which .frictionwould hinder the proper tightening of all the walls aga-inst the headermember.

, Thus the mold is more quickly and easily assembled without danger ofinjuring the corner members.v If the side walls were first tightenedagainst the header member, the end Y wallscould not be properlytightened and, on attempting to tighten the end walls, the

fcorner members would probabl'ybe injured.

The purposes and advantagesof the 'above .described features ofconstruction heretofore described will now be pointed out.

y Afterfagnionument has been formed in a meld'and vis ready to beremoved therefrom,

the wingVV nuts Y22 are' unscrewed to rlfoosenthe .bolts 18 soY thattheycanbe removed Afrom thelslots'in themembers 14'. The sid`es,e"nds` andheader `Vmember may each ybe separately removedfrom the monument alonglines perpendicularto the surface contacting'theret arately removablefrom the monument a'sdescribed, all Grazing of the surface of the monu-.mentis 'substantially prevented and notrow# elling or other'labor VisVnecessary Ito. give-"the monument its desired: finished appearance.

When the side walls 10 are 'drawn towardeach yotherby the bolts 118,they will AContact with thecorner members v28,'. slightlycom'-A`pressing such corner members and forminga closefjoint so vthat,concretecannot get be? tweenthe corner, members 28.1and the sides orflinings,2.6. Thus the provision' ofthe corner members28 of slightlyv resilientmaterial,.extendingfbeyondthe sid'eedges of the end members'12:enablesthevertically extends ing corners of the monument to be madesharpl and ,cleary andno trowelling or other'laborV is Anecessary to'put thenrin finished condition.Y The securing ofthe corner members 28 totheend walls ,12 and the making of'theenjd walls' ofVsubstantial?thickness enables these end vwalls to be positioned dierentdistances apart.Y One extremepositionof the endfwal'ls is shown inFigure 2 wherein the members le secured to theend 'walls 12j abutagainst the endsof the sideWallsflOi. *Theother'em treme `position oftheend walls Will-be where the inner surfacesithereof Vare/positionedjjust slightly inwardly ofthe ends of thev side walls 10; Obviously theseend wallsmay Ybe placed at any intermediate position.; When theAclisvtancefbetween theenfdv wallsfis varied to; any substantial extent,a different. sizel Vof' header member`V must be provided. However;y thisheader member must be of such proportions that itslength, togethernwith'the thickness of theftwo end walls12; is slightlygreater than the widthof the side-walls 10. This proportion between the size of the headermember and the size of the members forming the side and end walls of themold must be maintained in order that this header member may bemaintained in its desired position within the mold solely by frictionupon the surfaces of the side andend walls of the Y mold. y The members32 and 36 are made of slightly resilient material so that they may beslightly compressed when the walls are tightened againstV them. Thiswill prevent concrete from getting between the eges of the members 36and the linings 26 and corner pieces 28 to form unsightly corners.Accordingly, when the bolts 18 are placed in position and the wing nutsthereon tightened, the ends and sides of the mold will be drawn againstthe ends and sides of theheader member so as to firmly clamp it inposition and form a tight joint between the edges 'of the members 36Vand the surfaces of the linings 26 and the corner members 28. Thiscauses the various edges and corners of the monument to be clean andclear cut so that subsequent labor, such as trowelling,will not benecessary upon the monument after it has been removed from the mold. Theheader member being held in position solely by friction of the ends andsides thereof with the surface ofthe lin-` ings 26, it will beappreciated that this header member may be moved to any desired posi-Ythe end walls but shorter than the total length of a side wall, andmeans for forcing the walls against the sides and ends ofthe header'member whereby the side walls will contact with the sides of theheadermember before contacting with the sides of the end Walls and theend walls will contact withy the ends of the header member beforereaching their' innermost positions.- .f f v 2. The method of assemblinga mold having side andend walls and .a header member i which comprisesplacing the end walls between theends of the side walls at Voppositeends thereof, securing the walls loosely and adjustably together,placing the header member between the walls, moving at least the two endwalls toward each other sufliciently to lightly bear against the, endsof the header member to set up sufficient frictionA to support themember against the force of gravity, moving the header member to itsdesired position, forcing the end walls tightly against Y Y 'i the endsof the header member and securing Y them in position, then forcing theside walls g tightly against the sides of the header memberandsecuring'them in position.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification this12th Vday of June, 1931. f

ROBERT RQKOCH. y

tion within the mold so as to form a. monui ment of any desired height.

It will be apparent that molds may -be made having sides of differentlengths and ends 0f different widths and thickness than those disclosedin the drawing which are for the purpose of illustration only. vForobtaining a monument having any desired proportions,

the ends of one mold may be substituted for the ends of another mold soas to vary the thickness and width of the monument produced thereby.

vWhile I have described and shown a specific. l

embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that such showing anddescription is merely by way of illustration and that the various partsmay be changed in size and form, as will readily appear to one skilledin the art, without departing from the spirit 'n comprissaid headermember being slightly wider than the end walls and slightly longer thanthe length of a side wall lessvthe thickness of

